Veteran Australian actor Jack Thompson and young film-maker and director James Khehtie on the eve of the Asia Pacific awards on the Gold Coast. Photo: Mike Batterham THE Asia Pacific Screen Awards focuses on feature films, but veteran actor Jack Thompson is hoping...

Protests were held in New Zealand over the decision. (Getty) Peter Jackson’s “Hobbit” movies will be made in New Zealand after the government struck a deal with Hollywood studio Warner Bros., Prime Minister John Key said Wednesday. Ending almost two...

In partnership with Blackheath firm Ink-to-Screen, Macquarie Group Foundation LongLines brings you the opportunity to apply for a LongLines New Australian Film Stories Workshop. How would your novel –published, unpublished, or just carefully worked out – work on the...

[youtube]HQ3VcbAfd4w[/youtube] By Cory Doctorow Philip Pullman, addressing an audience at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, was asked about whether his latest book, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, was offensive. Here’s his reply: “It was a...

The Booker prize-winning Life of Pi by Yann Martel 1. The Political Drama — The Weight of a Mustard Seed Infiltrate Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime through the story of one of his most loyal aides. Wendell Steavenson spent five years with General Kamel Sachet and his...